As the streaming wars kick it up to the next level with Peacock and soon HBO Max on the battlefield, a surging Netflix made it very apparent who is still king, in no small part thanks to the success of “Tiger King” and the return of “Money Heist.” In an investor letter released today for the Reed Hastings-run streamer’s Q1 earnings report in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and widespread stay-at-home orders, the sordid saga of the now-imprisoned Joe Exotic, big cats, betrayal and more was watched by 64 million households around the planet over its first month of release.
To give a global context, that blockbuster number for “Tiger King” is slightly exceeded by the Season 4 launch of the suspenseful “La Casa de Papel,” a k a “Money